“Has Cunxin not arrived yet?”
Fang Cunxin, Ye Longlin’s disciple.
After graduating from military academy this term, she was directly sent to Beiye, under Qin Hanlie’s command.
Because she was Ye Longlin’s apprentice, Qin Hanlie had instructed his subordinates to look after her a bit. However, they weren't her caretakers, and the military camp wasn't a personal playground.
All they could do was offer some assistance in terms of training, diet, and living arrangements. Specific training missions were up to her.
“At this time, she should still be training. But I’ve already sent someone to fetch Cunxin, so she should be here soon.”
Fang Cunxin was also a woman who evoked sympathy.
“Cunxin?”
Master Chen asked with a hint of doubt.
Ye Longlin nodded, “Yes, your grand-disciple, my disciple. A young lady with a rather pitiable background. Although she started learning martial arts a bit late, it’s not too late. So, after she studied at the military academy for half a term, I sent her directly to Beiye.
After all, the Phoenix Special Operations Team in Beiye is a renowned female special operations team nationwide. She can learn a lot there. I haven’t concerned myself with her for over half a year. I wonder how she’s doing.”
Master Chen’s expression turned uncharacteristically grim, “So, in the half year you’ve been taking disciples, you’ve basically taught them nothing?”
Ye Longlin gave a wry smile, “It’s not that I don’t teach, but I can’t. Fundamentally, it’s too late for that, be it mental cultivation or anything else. Just like with me back then, you didn’t teach me anything, did you? So, I want her to walk my path, to seek breakthroughs on the battlefield, and to find her own way amidst the chaos of war.”
Master Chen’s face grew even darker.
Especially upon hearing that he hadn't taught him anything, he was so enraged he nearly smacked Ye Longlin on the head.
However, what he said was, in a way, reasonable.
The path of the battlefield was the fastest, yet it was fraught with peril. A slight misstep could lead to death on the battlefield. Walking this path depended fifty percent on strength and fifty percent on luck.
If this path were truly so easy to tread, then in all these years of military service, there wouldn't have been only one Ye Longlin.
Talent, comprehension, luck, and strength—all were indispensable.
“Master.”
A voice called out at this moment. Everyone turned their heads and saw a female soldier in uniform standing at the doorway, saluting Ye Longlin directly! https:/
It had to be said that Fang Cunxin was naturally beautiful. Even after entering the melting pot of the military camp, she hadn’t appeared unsightly. Instead, her skin was excellent, the kind that even women would envy.
Furthermore, dressed in a military uniform, she exuded decisiveness and heroism, possessing the bearing of a female general.
Ye Longlin stood up and instructed Yuan Gang, “Pour a cup.”
Yuan Gang understood Ye Longlin’s intention, nodded, and turned to go make tea.
Fang Cunxin walked up to Ye Longlin and respectfully called out again, “Master.”
This lass had truly blossomed.
She stood tall and graceful, possessing the inherent docility of someone from the south, making her look very endearing.
“This is your grand-master. He is my master. You will call him Grand-Master from now on,” Ye Longlin said softly, ruffling her hair.
Just then, Yuan Gang emerged with a bowl of gaiwan tea.
Fang Cunxin knelt respectfully on the ground, offering the tea with both hands, “Grand-Master, please have some tea.”
Drinking this tea would signify her formal entry into their lineage; it was a tradition.
“Good, good.”
“Ye Longlin has taken you as a disciple; he’s truly struck it lucky, hahaha.”
Master Chen said happily, stroking his beard, and taking a sip of the tea, he acknowledged her as his grand-disciple.
“This is my fiancée, Mu Hanqi, the little princess of the Murong family.”
“……”
After a round of introductions, they finally began the feast.
Meanwhile, within the Ye family.
Ye Nantian’s expression was grim as he looked at the black-clothed man kneeling before him.
“As a gold medal assassin, you were beaten back before even getting close. What face do you have to kneel before me?”
Earlier, he had already ordered his subordinate assassins to probe Ye Longlin’s strength. Since Ye Longlin’s return, there had been rumors that Ye Longlin was injured.
But no one knew for sure if he was injured. Therefore, he had sent his subordinate assassin to test Ye Longlin’s strength. Who would have thought that the person would be repelled by an expert hidden in the shadows before even getting close to his courtyard?
Moreover, the hidden expert was so formidable that the gold medal assassin had to recuperate for several days before returning to report.
“I apologize, Master. It was my inadequacy.”
Ye Nantian kicked him in the head, and then his entire body exploded with a bang, turning into a mist of blood. Afterward, with a wave of his hand, this blood mist instantly condensed into a crimson pill.
The pill was slowly crushed between his fingertips, and Ye Nantian murmured, “The Martial Arts Association will definitely go all out this time, and we will be implicated.”
After all, they were also one of the controlling forces behind the Martial Arts Association.
Even though the Ye family was no longer an reclusive family, their hidden martial arts strength was no less than that of the Wu family.
“Patriarch, the Ancestor has agreed to act, but the bad news is that the Ancestor failed in his attempt to break through to the Saint Realm. He is currently still at the peak of the Dao Realm, but at least he is much stronger than an ordinary peak Dao Realm expert.”
In fact, this was precisely the case. A peak Dao Realm expert and an expert who failed to break through to the Saint Realm were not comparable at all.
Having failed in the Saint Realm breakthrough, he had at least touched the edge of the Saint Realm.
“Hmm, if the Fifth Ancestor is not up to par, then we can only request the Fourth Ancestor. Go and inform the Fourth Ancestor about this first.”
“Yes.”
The Ye family, as a former reclusive family, had quite a few Ancestor-level experts. Perhaps, apart from Ye Nantian, no one in the entire Ye family knew about them, numbering less than five.
After all, apart from the older generation of experts, no one knew that the Ye family was a reclusive family.
However, those who knew that the Ye family was a reclusive family were all formidable individuals.
“Has the Martial Arts Association sent any news yet?” Ye Nantian suddenly asked, taking a sip of tea and looking at the butler.
The butler shook his head, “Not yet. I think the Martial Arts Association believes they can handle Ye Longlin and therefore hasn’t contacted us. This will be their biggest mistake, and mistakes will lead to their failure this time.”
Ye Nantian shook his head, “The Martial Arts Association cannot afford to fail this time. If they fail, we will also lose our last layer of protection. The Martial Arts Association is the protective shield in front of us. If the Martial Arts Association is gone, the Ye family will have to face Ye Longlin alone.
Our Ye family has so many people, while Ye Longlin has at most a group of people. This battle, no matter how you calculate it, is not worth it. Therefore, even if the Martial Arts Association fails this time, they must eliminate everyone around Ye Longlin!”